Rat Queens Deluxe Edition Volume 1

author: Kurtis J. Wiebe
name: Wayne
average rating: 4.58
book published: 2015
rating: 5
read at: 2016/08/23
date added: 2016/08/23
shelves: graphic-novels
review:
'Rat Queens Deluxe Edition Volume 1' by Kurtis J. Wiebe, Stjepan Sejci, Tess Fowler and Roc Upchurch is a funny irreverent comic about 4 adventurers and the trouble they get in. I've read some before, but this book represents a pretty complete story arc,

The Rat Girls are Hannah the Rockabilly Elven Mage, Violet the Hipster Dwarven Fighter, Dee the Atheist Human Cleric and Betty the Hippy Smidgen Thief. They are just one group of adventurers in the town of Palisade, a city named after a short defensive wall. Other groups include the Four Daves, Peaches, Brother Ponies and Obsidian Darkness. There are a lot of gangs, so the city decides to send them out on tasks. Any group that doesn't complete the task will be forced to leave the city. It all seems fine for the Rat Queens, but they discover that it's a set up and all of the city's gangs fall into it. This leads to a bigger investigation and a very large problem. Before it's over there will be epic battles and parties, flashbacks and monsters. Along with the main story, there is a back up story about Braga.

It's a really fun series. It blends a lot of things that I've seen not work together in other things, but here the writing and pace keeps it all running along nicely. There is a modern sensibility that could be out of sync in a fantasy series, but it just clicks here. Included is a cover gallery and some fun shorter comics featuring individual characters. There is a hilarious recurring character named Gary ("shut up, Gary") and he even gets a nod at the very end of the book, kind of like the scene you get at the end of the credits in movies. Just a fun series all around.

I received a review copy of this graphic novel from Diamond Book Distributor and Image Comics in return for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.


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